What lies behind Clegg’s wealth tax
What’s Nick Clegg up to floating the idea of a temporary wealth tax of some kind? Political Editor Gary Gibbon investigates.
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In a speech aimed at boosting Lib Dem members’ morale, Nick Clegg announces that Paddy Ashdown will lead the party’s election campaign and outlines the party’s difference from its coalition partners.
What’s Nick Clegg up to floating the idea of a temporary wealth tax of some kind? Political Editor Gary Gibbon investigates.
England cricket captain Andrew Strauss resigns after a troublesome summer on and off the field.
Until the Leveson inquiry into media tactics hears from the UK Culture Secretary on the BSkyB bid there’s no point in Conservatives running a parallel investigation, the Deputy Chair tells Channel 4.
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Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt pledges to give the Leveson inquiry all private texts and emails he sent to his special adviser, as pressure grows for an inquiry into his handling of the BSkyB bid.
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Personal tax statements indicating how money will be spent and the scrapping of the 50p tax rate are expected as George Osborne promises Wednesday’s budget will be “for working people”.
Liberal Democrat activists refuse to fully endorse the planned changes to the NHS in England leaving leader Nick Clegg at odds with party members.
Former Crimewatch presenter Jacqui Hames tells the Leveson inquiry the News of the World was involved in an attempt to “subvert” a murder investigation.
A number of well known figures, including the entertainer Steve Coogan , have received settlements in their legal action against intrusion into their privagte lives.
As the dust settles after Chris Huhne’s resignation from the cabinet to face criminal charges, Channel 4 News finds out about the man behind the often inscrutable image.
The Lib Dem backbenches are not over-brimming with talent right now. I expect four or five ministers to lose their jobs when David Cameron initiates a large reshuffle later this year (including David Shutt in the Lords).
Quite a few normally outspoken MPs genuinely thought the PM “had no choice” over Europe’s fiscal compact, though there is a sense amongst some that he has marched people up the hill again.
Private detective Glenn Mulcaire’s notebooks suggest he may have hacked phones for the Sun and the Daily Mirror as well as the News of the World, the Leveson inquiry hears. Andy Davies reports.